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ray |
Noun
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the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization |
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ray |
Noun
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a column of light (as from a beacon) |
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ray |
Noun
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a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation |
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ray |
Noun
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a branch of an umbel or an umbelliform inflorescence |
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ray |
Noun
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(mathematics) a straight line extending from a point |
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ray |
Verb
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expose to radiation |
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ray |
Verb
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extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center |
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ray |
Verb
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emit as rays |
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roughtail stingray |
Noun
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one of the largest stingrays |
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reef whitetip shark |
Noun
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smooth dogfish of Pacific and Indian Oceans and Red Sea having white-tipped dorsal and caudal fins |
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rhea |
Noun
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larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed |
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rhea |
Noun
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smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed |
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reed bunting |
Noun
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European bunting inhabiting marshy areas |
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red siskin |
Noun
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South American species of scarlet finch with black head and wings and tail |
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redpoll |
Noun
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small siskin-like finch with a red crown and a rosy breast and rump |
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redpoll |
Noun
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small siskin-like finch with a red crown |
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ratite |
Noun
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flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches |
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ratite bird |
Noun
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flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches |
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ricebird |
Noun
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small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields |
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ricebird |
Noun
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migratory American songbird |
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ruby-crowned kinglet |
Noun
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American kinglet with a notable song and in the male a red crown patch |
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redwing |
Noun
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small European thrush having reddish flanks |
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redwing |
Noun
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North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings |
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ring ouzel |
Noun
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European thrush common in rocky areas |
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ring blackbird |
Noun
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European thrush common in rocky areas |
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ring thrush |
Noun
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European thrush common in rocky areas |
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robin |
Noun
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large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen |
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robin |
Noun
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small Old World songbird with a reddish breast |
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redbird |
Noun
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crested thick-billed North American finch having bright red plumage in the male |
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redbird |
Noun
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the male is bright red with black wings and tail |
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redstart |
Noun
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European songbird with a reddish breast and tail |
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redstart |
Noun
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flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail |
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redtail |
Noun
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European songbird with a reddish breast and tail |
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redtail |
Noun
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dark brown American hawk species having a reddish-brown tail |
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redbreast |
Noun
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small Old World songbird with a reddish breast |
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robin redbreast |
Noun
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small Old World songbird with a reddish breast |
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rose-colored starling |
Noun
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glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen |
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rose-colored pastor |
Noun
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glossy black bird with pink back and abdomen |
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riflebird |
Noun
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velvety black Australian bird of paradise with green and purple iridescence on head and tail |
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reedbird |
Noun
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small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa |
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reedbird |
Noun
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migratory American songbird |
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rock wren |
Noun
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wren inhabiting badlands and mesa country of western United States and Mexico |
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rock wren |
Noun
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short-tailed bird resembling a wren |
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raven |
Noun
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large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail |
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raven |
Verb
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feed greedily |
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raven |
Verb
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eat greedily |
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raven |
Verb
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prey on or hunt for |
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raven |
Verb
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obtain or seize by violence |
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rook |
Noun
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common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow |
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rook |
Noun
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(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard |